About Leland Meitzler

Leland K. Meitzler founded Heritage Quest in 1985, and has worked as Managing Editor of both Heritage Quest Magazine and The Genealogical Helper. He currently operates Family Roots Publishing Company (www.FamilyRootsPublishing.com), writes daily at GenealogyBlog.com, writes the weekly Genealogy Newsline, conducts the annual Salt Lake Christmas Tour to the Family History Library, and speaks nationally, having given over 2000 lectures since 1983.

PERSI Finds New Home at findmypast

The following is from FindMyPast.com: Partnership with the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center adds 2.5 million records dating back to 1800 LOS ANGELES – Findmypast.com, an international leader in online family history, … announced a partnership with the Allen Continue reading PERSI Finds New Home at findmypast

“Who Do You Think You? Live” is Going to Glasgow Scotland in August

The following teaser is from an article written by Miriam Evans, and posted at visitscotland.com: If you have ever seen Who Do You Think You Are? on the TV, then if you’re anything like me, you’ve probably wondered what family Continue reading “Who Do You Think You? Live” is Going to Glasgow Scotland in August

Get Two Excellent Guidebooks for Genealogists at 25% Off – Sale Ends at Midnight MDT May 15, 2014

Family Roots Publishing again made a large purchase of the new Family Tree Pocket Reference, as well as Tracing Your Ancestors Using Google – made a Bundle of the two, and reduced the price by 25% as this week’s FRPC Continue reading Get Two Excellent Guidebooks for Genealogists at 25% Off – Sale Ends at Midnight MDT May 15, 2014

MyHeritage and BillionGraves Team Up to Digitally Preserve the World’s Cemeteries

MyHeritage and BillionGraves are working together to attempt to digitally preserve headstones worldwide. I think this is a great idea! MyHeritage has the worldwide influence to accomplish the photographing of headstones in many geographic areas of the Earth that thus Continue reading MyHeritage and BillionGraves Team Up to Digitally Preserve the World’s Cemeteries

An Open Letter to Leaders in the Online Family Tree Business

Last October, my good friend Jeff Bockman sent the following letter to a number of the folks in leadership positions within the genealogical community. I haven’t heard that he’s received a response from anyone, but he shared the letter with Continue reading An Open Letter to Leaders in the Online Family Tree Business

Archeologists Race to Uncover “Camp Asylum” in Columbia, SC

The following is from the February 16, 2014 edition of the Deseret News. COLUMBIA, S.C. — Racing against time, South Carolina archeologists are digging to uncover the remnants of a Civil War-era prisoner-of-war camp before the site in downtown Columbia Continue reading Archeologists Race to Uncover “Camp Asylum” in Columbia, SC

Farmers’ Castle Museum Education Center in Belpre, Ohio Expected to be Complete by Spring

The following excerpt is from an article by Pamela Brust, posted in the Febraruy 16, 2014 edition of newsandsentinel.com. BELPRE [Ohio]– The new Collections Preservation addition to the Farmers’ Castle Museum Education Center is expected to be complete by spring. Continue reading Farmers’ Castle Museum Education Center in Belpre, Ohio Expected to be Complete by Spring

Drought Contributed to Typhus Epidemics in Mexico From 1655 to 1918

The following is from an article by Matt Mcgowan, published in the February 13, 2014 edition of medicalxpress.com. (Medical Xpress)—Epidemiological data integrated with climate data taken from tree-ring estimates of soil moisture levels demonstrate that drought contributed to the spread Continue reading Drought Contributed to Typhus Epidemics in Mexico From 1655 to 1918

Illinois Access to Cemeteries Act Filed With the Illinois General Assembly

This last Thursday, Illinois Congressman Charles E. Meier filed HB5625 with the clerk. The Act, if approved “Creates the Access to Cemeteries on Private Property Act. Provides that owners of private property on which a cemetery or graves are located Continue reading Illinois Access to Cemeteries Act Filed With the Illinois General Assembly